... FEW men living carry in their heads more historic, jealously-guarded international secrets than does the smiling, youthful M. René Massigli, K.B.E., since September, 1944, French Ambassador Extra ordinary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of St. James's. For who has been closer to the doubly locked gates of France's Whitehall, on the romanti cally restless Quai d'Orsay, for a quarter of a ...

... RETURN TO SKI ING AT all winter-sports resorts the Swiss are looking forward with pleasure to the return of their English visitors. Already hotels report heavy bookings and everyone is anticipating an exceptionally gay and interesting season. Seven years has seen a big change in ski-ing technique and fashions, but the resorts them selves have changed little. Miirren and Wengen, for instance, ...

... Keen Horsewoman Princess Desiree puts her knees into the saddle and urges her mount to look into the camera Off for a Ride Princess Desiree takes her younger sister for a ride and seems to have her hands full Leapfrog Little Princess Christina enjoys playing an important part in the game with Princess Desiree. Desiree is caught by the camera in mid-air Game of Ball Princess Christina puts in ...

... THE PRIME MINISTER SEES LONDON TOWN Mr. and Mrs. Clement Attlee were among the audience at the world pi .m/ere at the Leicester Square Theatre of Mr. J. Arthur Rank's latest film ondon Town. The picture has the distinction of being the first British la rg -scale Technicolor musical. Sid Field, the comedian, makes his first screen appe i ranee in it, and the other stars include Greta Gynt, ...

... A housecoat for the happy hours when one can relax, look beautiful and at ease, and enjoy the all- too-short leisure moments of the daily round. Designed by coutouriere Elsa Dunkerley of Marshall and Snelgrove, London, it is made of softest navy wool, trimmed with brilliantly striped ribbon satin. The exquisite princess line of the back clings to the waist, unobtrusively gathering a lovely ...

... By Oliver Stewart IT is most difficult to predict the future of air racing. I am glad that the Cinque Ports Club decided to hold the Folkestone Aero Trophy and the High Speed Handicap, and I am especially glad that the Air Ministry took the sensible view of allowing the manufacturers to enter really fast, modern aircraft --including one jet driven machine. But I am un certain whether this is ...

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... Lady Tichborne is the wife of Sir Anthony Tichborne, the fourteenth Baronet, and they live at Tichborne Hall, Alresford, Hants. During the war Sir Anthony served in an Armoured Division with the 4th County of London Yeomanry. The elder of their two daughters. Anne, is aged eight, and Miranda is five. Before her marriage to Sir Anthony in 1936, Lady Tichborne was one of the daughters of Sir ...

... IN a Jesuit school near Madrid four friends played together about fifty years ago, little thinking that 1946 would see them all heads of Embassies repre senting their Government. The four friends now lead Spain's diplomatic missions in London, Washing ton, Buenos Aires and Santiago. Destiny's impersonal choice fell on Senor Don Domingo de las Barcenas, son of a banker whose father and ...

... Lord riockley, chairman oj the National Appeal for Boys' Clubs, and Mrs. Victor Haggard Mr. Anthony Harding and Lady Cory ton, wife of Air Marshal Sir William Coryton Sir Peter and Lady Farquhar, who were in charge of all the arrangements for the ball Lt. W. Olphert and Miss Jean McBarnet were also two of the guests At the County Ball held at Bryanston School, Blandford, Dorset, in aid of the ...

... I ORD SEMPILL, WHO ONCE PRAISED THE HEALTH- GIVING PROPERTIES OF WHOLEMEAL BREAD IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, BAKES IT HIMSELF WHEN STAYING AT HIS SCOTTISH HOME, CRAIGEVAR CASTLE, ABERDEENSHIRE Another occupation at the Castle is driving the Craigevar Express. This, the first horseless carriage in Scotland, was designed and built about 1890 by Poslie Lawson, a local postman, to help him on his ...

... PRISCILLA (0/ Paris) ON THE PLAGE MANY bridges have toppled into the waters since I last made my way to Deauville, and it was with a heavy heart that I set Miss Chrysler's tarnished Mercury mascot in the direction of that famous plage des fleurs. But when one dreads anything badly the reality often turns out to be less painful than one has feared, and one can say, with Samuel Butler, We have ...